Want rave reviews for dinner? Let your kids choose. By Drew Himmelstein Oct 11, 2021 “This dinner isn’t good… it’s stupendous!” Harvey, 5, told me at the table this week. “It’s not great… it’s amazing!” Nate, 9, chimed in. What magical meal had I placed in front of them to cut through the oh-so-typical kid dinnertime complaints? No, it wasn’t macaroni and cheese, though that’s definitely in our rotation. That… Read More
Parenting I’m pro-choice, I’m a parent, and I know what I can handle In the waning days of the 2020 presidential campaign, Ivanka Trump, who had previously avoided stating her position on abortion rights, made an… By Drew Himmelstein Sep 13, 2021
Parenting My kids roam the neighborhood, and that's good for everyone On a recent afternoon, the 6-year-old boy from across the street wandered over to my driveway looking for something to do. I was sitting on the front… By Drew Himmelstein Aug 23, 2021
Parenting Summer is a real page-turner in my book-happy family My grandparents’ basement is a magical place. Always cool in summer, it’s filled with piles of old movie posters from our family-owned movie theater,… By Drew Himmelstein Jul 27, 2021
Parenting As if Covid wasn’t enough, my new nightmare is ticks The microscopic Covid-19 pathogen is often anthropomorphically illustrated as a fiendish ball with a destructive look on its face, studded all over with… By Drew Himmelstein Jun 28, 2021
Parenting ‘Honor system’ on masks puts my young kids at peril When it comes to medical choices about my kids, I couldn’t be more conventional. Mine got all their childhood vaccines right on schedule; the more, the… By Drew Himmelstein Jun 1, 2021
Parenting Stop packing lunches! It makes life better for everyone When my oldest son started kindergarten four years ago, it was the first year that New York City implemented free universal lunch and breakfast for all… By Drew Himmelstein Apr 26, 2021
Parenting Another Covid summer, a whole new set of parenting questions It’s a hopeful, confusing time to be a parent during a pandemic. On one hand, the vaccine rollout is picking up pace and public health experts have given… By Drew Himmelstein Mar 30, 2021
Parenting Is my birthday boy getting too used to being isolated? My youngest son is turning 5 next month, and he’s never had a birthday party. For a long time, this was sort of a running joke about neglected second… By Drew Himmelstein Mar 4, 2021